Thank you!

Let this page guide your day at Hapeville’s Juneteenth Celebration. You also received an email from the city staff detailing any specifics for your role.

Below you will find information on:

-Key contacts

-Schedule for the Day

-Vendor Instructions and Map

-Parking Map and Info

-Welcome Packets for Museum Participants

-Bathroom Map

-Water and Food

-Other Questions

Thank you for help making this special day happen!

Key Contacts

Museum Participants can text or call Samantha at 470-587-3494

Vendors can text or call Fabby at 470-521-6788

  • Event Details

    Event Name: Hapeville's 1st Juneteenth Freedom Celebration

    Location: Jess Lucas Park

    Address: 680 S Central Avenue Hapeville, Ga 30354  

    Date: June 19th, 2025

    Time: 1:00 PM – 6:30 PM

    Line-Up:

    1:00 pm Festival Starts/ Mayor Welcomes everyone.

    1:15 pm Dr. Bryant William Blue Band

    2:00 pm Intermission (DJ, Announcements)

    2:15pm Poetry by London Bridges

    2:45pm Intermission (DJ, Announcements)

    3:00pm Vision Dance Academy

    3:15pm Pan People Steelband

    3:30pm Carib DanceATL

    3:45 – 4 pm Pan People Steelband & Carib Dance ATL end

    4-6 pm Manga African Dance

    6-6:30 pm Kevin Lemons’ Higher Calling Ministries Choir

    6:30 pm Thank everyone and close event

    Depot/Christ Church:

    1-2:00pm Hapeville Depot Museum - Hapeville African American History Tour

    2:30- 3:30pmChrist Church – HistoryPanel Discussion with opening remarks by Council Members Dr. Mark Adams and Chloe Alexander

    3:30-5pm Hapeville Depot Museum – African American Genealogy Workshop, Sold Out (advanced registration required)

Vendors, please take note of the following:

Setup Time: 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM. Vendors are expected to be setup by 12:45 PM.

Booth Assignments: See below map for your booth location. Staff will be onsite to assist.

Regulations: We kindly request that all participants bring their own tables, chairs, and tents for the event. While electricity will be provided, we ask that you also bring along any necessary extension cords or additional supplies. Electricity is not guaranteed. Please adhere to all event regulations, including cleanliness standards, safety protocols, and any specific instructions provided by the event organizers. Vendors are responsible for setup, breakdown, power requests, and power cords. No spikes are allowed due to the irrigation system. Vendors should use sandbags or water weights to secure their tents.

Flyer Below: Below is a flyer for the event in case you'd like to share it with your network or on social media — we’d love to help spread the word! It is also attached the email sent out on 6/13.

Parking

If you will be at Jess Lucas Park or Christ Church for most of the day, we recommend parking at the Jess Lucas parking lot (entrance at Atlanta Avenue).

If you are at the Hapeville Depot Museum for most of the day, we recommend that you park in the lot by City Hall on North Fulton or on North Central and walking via the pedestrian crossing over the train tracks at the intersection of North Central and North Fulton.

Welcome Packet

If you are a volunteer, panelist, acai bowl vendor, poet, or Hapeville Depot Museum resident then your first stop will be the Hapeville Depot Museum at 620 South Central Avenue. There you will pick up your welcome packet which will have a thank you card, information on the day, a vendor or volunteer button, event tee shirt, snacks and water.

Bathrooms

Bathrooms are located at the Hapeville Depot Museum and at Jess Lucas Park near the gazebo.

Panelists will find additional bathrooms at the Carriage House next to Christ Church.

Water and Food

The Hapeville Depot Museum will have complimentary beverages and snacks for vendors, panelists, volunteers, etc. in the kitchenette. Please ask Patti at the front desk for guidance.

Panelists, Musicians and Dancers will also find complimentary beverages and food in the “green room” of the Carriage House which is behind Christ Church at Jess Lucas Park.